Two former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about their participation in investigations involving Hunter Biden , the son of former President Joe Biden , are due back in court Tuesday in a case their lawyers have described as baseless and politically motivated.

The prosecution of Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, announced Friday, is the latest in a series of splashy and politically charged investigative actions the Justice Department has undertaken in the run-up to next week’s midterm elections.

The case accuses the former officials of falsely playing down their knowledge about a laptop the Justice Department says Hunter Biden abandoned at a computer repair shop in 2019. But beyond that, it represents a Trump administration broadside against a since-disbanded FBI task force that was set up to monitor foreign influence.…